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MODERN GREEK #Mini Introduction# HOW TO ADD THE GREEK ALPHABET TO YOUR
KEYBOARD Here are some links to easily convert your keyboard to enable you to use both
Latin and Greek characters as you need.

ForWindows keyboard keyboard

For Mac keyboard

To put the accent mark, press the semicolon key and then the vowel.

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Welcome to Modern Greek course for English speakers! Greek is an independent branch of
the Indo-European language family. It has the longest documented history of any existing
Indo-European language. From antiquity to present the language has presented many
important changes resulting in its current form. Modern Greek (the language of our course)
is spoken by 13 million people, it is the official language of Greece and one of the official
languages of the Republic of Cyprus and the European Union.

The main scope of this section is to familiarize the learner with the Greek alphabet.

The word ''alphabet'' comes from the first two letters of the Greek Alphabet, alpha, and beta
( and ). The Greek Alphabet has 24 letters, which are the same as Classical Greek.
However, their pronunciation is completely different.

(Here is a link to a more comprehensive guide to the alphabet: here

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The alphabet as used in this lesson

Greek: Upper Case-Lower Case Name// English Name earest pronunciation

- // Alpha A as in Ant

- // Veeta V as in Vase

- () //Gama

- //Delta as in THe
 Greek: Upper Case-Lower Case Name// English Name earest pronunciation

- //Epsilon E as in Element

- // Z as in Zoo

-* //Eeta EE as in sEE

- //theta

-* ()//Iota EE as in sEE

- ()/Kapa K as inCow

- //Lambda L as in Lemon

- () //Mee M as in Mother

- () //Nee N as in North

- () //Ksee X as in foX

-* // Omicron O as in Organ

- () //Pee P as in Pet

- (/Rho R as in Rhapsody

-/* Sigma

- // Taf T as in Table

-* //Ypsilon EE as in sEE

- () //Fee F as in Fun

- () //Chee H as in Hurry

- () /Psee PS as in liPStick

-* //Omega O as in Organ
Note: * -, - and - have the same pronunciation (''ee'')
 - and - have the same pronunciation (''o'')

The pronunciations and their examples shown above are the nearest (not the exact)
pronunciations in Modern Greek. The sound of some letters varies depending on the letter
that follows.

WHERE TO FIND THE GREEK LETTERS ON YOU QWERTY KEYBOARD

**Of the 24 letters in the Greek alphabet 13 are exactly the same in appearance as the
Latin.

These are: A, B, E, H, I, K, M, N, O, T, X, Y, Z (They are not always pronounced the same

but they are typed on the same key.

7 keys have the same sound:

=F

=L

=P

=R

2 have similar sound:

=G

=D

That leaves only 4 Greek letter with places you have to learn.

Here is where you'll find them:

=U

=J

=C

= V * Sigma has two different types in the lower case. When it is at the beginning of or
inside the word it is written as but when it is at the end of a word it is written as this can
be found at w

Diphthongs#
 = sounds like E- as

= sounds like -, -, -

= sounds just like -, -, -

= sounds just like -, -, - or like ee-ee

= sounds like av or af

= sounds like ev or ef

= sounds like "u" as in "soup" .

Double consonants

= sounds like b

= sounds like d

= sounds like g

= sound like ng

= sounds like ts

= sounds like tz

Accents

Modern Greek has only ONE accent ,that is placed above the accented vowels, and it looks
like this: ,, , , , , . The accent goes on one of the three last syllables. Accents help
you give emphasis to the right syllable. E.g. (veevLEEo), '''' (meeLO) etc.

Capital letters can take accents ONLY on the first letter. However, it can be omitted.
E.g / (Ohee), but (eSEE).

Punctuation Marks
The Period, or full stop, the comma and the exclamation mark are the same as English.

The Greek question mark looks just like the English semi colon ; and can be found on
the Q when you are on the Greek keyboard.